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On occasion, the vessel used to hold the flour for a meal offering was made in such a way that there were different compartments. The Gemara on our daf teaches that in such a case although the vessel holding the meal offerings separates it, nevertheless it is considered a single, valid offering, since it is held together in a single vessel.
We examine the halakhic concept of tumah saturation through a comparative analysis of Menachot 24 and Mishnah Kelim 27–29. The central inquiry concerns whether ritual impurity can “saturate” an object, thereby preventing subsequent forms of impurity from taking effect.